EU digital chief: I will enforce AI regulation in innovation-friendly manner

Europe will implement regulation on artificial intelligence in an innovation-friendly manner to ensure innovation and investment are encouraged, and cut excess red tape, the European Union's digital chief said on Monday.

"I agree with industries on the fact that now, we also have to look at our rules, that we have too much overlapping regulation," Commission Vice President Henna Virkkunen told Reuters on the sidelines of an AI summit in Paris.

"When it comes to AI, I'm committed that I'm going to implement (regulation) in a very innovation-friendly manner to make sure that we are encouraging investments and innovations."